Every day, AlloCiné recommends watching a movie (again) on TV. Tonight: Gendarme Ludovic Crusot and the misadventures of the Saint-Tropez Brigade, which confront aliens.
After a nine-year absence from the screens of 1970’s Gendarme for a Walk, when the saga finally seemed complete, Louis de Funes, still very much attached to the character of Ludovic Crusoe, is the initiator of the fifth and previous episode. .
At that time, science fiction was invading cinema, especially with the success of Star Wars. Particularly impressed by Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Louis de Funes decides to create a plot around the confrontation between aliens and the famous gendarmerie brigade of Saint-Tropez.
In this way, the actor mixes the characteristic humor of the series with convincing special effects (the design of the flying saucer was entrusted to the firm Matra, which specializes in aeronautics, aeronautics and cars).
Society is conquered. The Gendarmes and the Extra-Terrestrials topped the box office in 1979 with over 6 million releases. Thus, the film is the seventh biggest success of Louis de Funes after La Grande mop (17.3 million), Le Corniaud (11.7 million), The Gendarme of Saint-Tropez (7.8 million), The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (7.3 million) , after Les. Grandes vacances (7 million) and Le Gendarme marie (6.8 million).
Gendarmerie and aliens Jean Girard with Louis de Funes, Michel Galabru, Maria Mauban…
Tonight at 6 Ter at 20:50.
Source: allocine
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